GIANT BUTTERCUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant buttercup mean? 

• GIANT BUTTERCUP (noun)
  The noun GIANT BUTTERCUP has 1 sense:

1. spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus

  Familiarity information: GIANT BUTTERCUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT BUTTERCUP (noun)

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Meaning:

Spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

giant buttercup; Laccopetalum giganteum

Hypernyms ("giant buttercup" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("giant buttercup" is a member of...):

genus Laccopetalum; Laccopetalum (one species: giant buttercup)